Toy bank.



No. 697,309. Patented Apr. 8, |902.

W. B. YOUNG.

TOY BANK'.

lication filed June 8,

fitter/wup UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

VILLIAM RICE YOUNG, OF MILIVAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

TOY BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of lLetters Patent No. 697,309, dated April 8, 1902.

Application tiled June 8, 1901. Serial No. 63,755. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it' Wray concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM RICE YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mil- Waukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State 5 of Visconsin, haveinvented a new and useful Toy Registering-Bank, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a registering toy moneybank, the object being to provide a simple construction of bank into which coins of different denominations can be placed and also one in which the coins will be exposed to view and the number and aggregate amount of each denomination indicated or registered. 5 With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, in arranging a series of slotted coin-receiving tubes within a suitable receptacle having a transparent paneled front, so that the coins deposited in the tubes can be exposed to View; and the invention also consists in arranging indicator-cards adjacent to each'slotted tube, so that the number of coins deposited and the aggregate amount of each denomination Will be indi- 5 cated and can be read at a glance.

The invention consists also incertain details of construction and novelties of combination whereby thebroad idea of myinvention is carried out.

o In the drawings forming a part of this specificatiou, Figure I is a perspective View of a bank constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the top being raised to permit coins to be deposited.

5 Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section. Fig.

4 is a plan view with the top removed, andV Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the cointubes and connecting-plate.

In carrying out my invention I employ a receptacle A, which is preferably'patterned after the well-known letter-box now in use. This receptacle is preferably made of metal and comprises a Iiat bottom, straight sides and ends, and a curved top A', which is secured to the body of the receptacle by means otl a bolt A2, passing down through the top A and also through the bottom, as most clearly shown at A3. The top A has a series of transverse slots B, through which the coins o are deposited, said slots being made the proper size, according to the denomination of the coin to be deposited therethrough.

A supplemental cover or cap-piece C is hinged to the top A and adapted to cover the slots or openings B. The ends of the supplemental cover or cap-piece C are formed with pivots C', which turn in eyes O2, secured in the top of the receptacle. In practice I prefer to construct this supplemental cover or cap of such shape that it will represent the drop portion of an ordinary letter-box; but it Will of course be understood that any other shape may be employed.

Coin-receiving tubes D are arranged within the receptacle, one beneath each coin-slot B, the cross-sectional diameter of each tube being governed by the denomination of the coin which it is to receive, and these tubes are preferably arranged in definite denominate order, beginning at the left-hand end, so that the first tube is intended to receive pennies, the second tube iive-cent pieces or nickels, the third tube dimes, and the fourth tube quarters. These tubes are arranged adjacent to one side of the receptacle, said side having a transparent4 panel E arranged therein, and each coin-tube is slotted vertically, as shown at D', each tube being arranged to eX- pose the slot through the transparent panel, and in this way the coins deposited in each tube are exposed to View. An indicator-card F is arranged adjacent to each slotted tube, said indicator-card being next to the transparent panel, so that it can be easily read, and each indicator-card is subdivided and marked according tothe denomination of the tube, and at definite points numerals are placed to indicate the aggregate value of the coins deposited in the tube. Thus the first tube, which is intended to receive pennies or on e-cent pieces, is subdivided, so that the top of each coin will register with each successive subdivision, and indicating numerals are placed at intervals of iive spaces or subdivisions. The second indicating-card is subdivided to Ycorrespond to the five-cent pieces, and the indicating-numerals are arranged also at each ifth space or subdivision. In

the indicator card intended to designate dimes the indicating-numerals are also ar- IOO ranged at each iifth subdivision, Whereas the card intended to indicate the tWenty-Iivccent pieces the indicating-numerals are arranged at each fourth subdivision. The denomination of the card is preferably marked at the top of the card, and in practice I prefer to unite all of the cards in a single sheet, said sheet being slotted and having its slots registering with the slots ot the coin-tubes. This arrangement is made clearly for c0n- Venience, and it will be clearly understood that the operation is exactly the same as though individual or separate cards were used for each tube.

The coin-tubes are held in their proper position by means of a metallic plate Gr, which extends to the rear of the entire series of tubes and is attached to the rear of each tube byvsolder or any other suitable means. A block II is arranged at the rear of the plate G and is intended io press against said plate, so as to hold the coin-tubes iirmly against the indicator-cards and transparent panel of the receptacle, and Wedges I are driven between the block II and the adjacent side of the receptacle, thereby firmly holding the block in position. The forward face of this block is cut away at II' to permit the bolt A2 to pass therethrough.

X'Vhen it is desired to deposit coins, the supplemental cover or cap-piece C is raised, as shown in Fig. 2, and the coins deposited through the proper slot B. The coin drops into the proper tube D and falls iiat, and by having the coin-tube slotted longitudinally and arranged adjacent to the transparent panel the coins can readily be seen from the exterior of the receptacle, and their number can be determined by reference to each slot.

,Vhen it is desired to remove tho coins, the receptacle can be opened by removing the central bolt and taking oi'f the top.

It will thus be seen that I have provided an exceedingly simple and eflicient construction of toy money-bank adapted to receive coins of different denominations and also indicate not only the number of coins of each denomination, but the aggregate amounts.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A bank of the kind described, comprising a receptacle having coin-slots in the top and a transparent side, the slotted coin-tubes arranged Within the receptacle, the connecting-plate attached to the rear of the tubes, the block and vWedges for holding the tubes in position, and the indicating scales or cards arranged adjacent to the slots ot the cointubes, substantially as described.

2. A registering toy bank comprising a receptacle having a detachable top formed with coin-slots, said receptacle having a transparent panel at one side, the bolt for securing the receptacle and top together, the supplemental top or cap hinged to the main top, the longitudinally-slotted verticalcoin-tubes arranged Within the receptacle adjacent to the transparent panel, the indicating cards or scales arranged adjacent to each coinltube, the plate connecting the tubes, and the block and wedges for securing the tubes within the receptacle, substantially as shown and described.

WILLIAM RICE YOUNG.

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